"Chinese Media Is Calling For Electromagnetic And ..." Topic

…Laser Attacks On U.S. Warships Transiting The South China Sea

"China has called for using electromagnetic attacks on U.S. warships transiting the South China Sea, according to a state-run Chinese outlet.

The Communist Party-affiliated organ Global Times, quoting a military expert, said the use of nonlethal electromagnetic and laser weapons should be used by the People's Liberation Army to expel American warships from the disputed sea.

The report followed China's potentially dangerous use of a laser against a Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft near Guam last month, and an earlier lasing two years ago of C-130 aircraft near China's military base in Djibouti on the coast of Africa…"
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And if anyone does it to them, it will be taken as act of aggression with proper political huffiness.

I don't see this ending well for anyone.

As if we don't have enough on our plates right now.

Hmmmmm, those could be considered acts of war, and they might get more of a response than they bargained for.

Most likely not, but asymmetrical, kinetic strikes could happen, especially to anyone controlling the lasers, and/or EMP emitters.

This will only escalate if it is not dealt with harshly, and soon.

I think there will be tit for tat (just not announced publicly…) But more likely intel will be gathered on the systems and countermeasures developed (making them obsolete… ;-)